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Richard Flanagan Quotes

I grew up very strongly with this sense of time being circular: that it constantly returned upon itself.

Richard Flanagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: 1961

Topics

Time Up Being Sense Very Returned

Dre's from Compton, I'm from Brooklyn, and we both wanted to make a better life for ourselves, right? And we both - somehow, we're both recording engineers, that's how we got our break.

Life Better Brooklyn Engineers Right

With Tinder and all these other things, there's always this kind of illusion with infinite choices. There's something very cool about saying, 'Oh, I actually really care about this person, and I want to commit to loving this person and being loyal to this person.' You can't get that from the kind of infinite multiple choices that are out there.

Cool Saying Choices Care You Loving

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

Book Name Pig Critic Butcher Asking

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Robert H. Schuller

Today Tomorrow Obstacles Same Size

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were born between 1946 and 1965 and if you think you're tired of hearing about us, you should try being one of us.

Today Tired People Think America

I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I'd try.

Life Education Teacher Happy Thought

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

Existence Whatever Call Us Exist

While prosperity and longevity arrive together, they cannot be treated the same. With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now. But living longer means they will have to work more years, not fewer.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Work Together People Wealth Living

If I wanted to do something on stage, I wanted it to be something I could really get into and feel.

Feel Stage Something Get Wanted

If we want to talk about the movies that have made an impact in what I do in the action realm - Bruce Lee in 'Enter the Dragon.' I've watched that countless times.

Action Impact Want Movies Talk Made

Progress can be unglamorous.

Jardine Libaire

Calculating does not equal mathematics. It's a subsection of it. In years gone by it was the limiting factor, but computers now allow you to make the whole of mathematics more intellectual.

Mathematics Computers You Now More

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